HomeServe reviews

3.8

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,142 total reviews)

Nick Kasmir

100% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

HomeServe has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,142 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HomeServe employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Mar 19, 2019

Team Manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work life balance Supportive management Good ethics

Cons

Canteen is good but expensive

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HomeServe Response
7y
Thanks for your review and for everything you do for your colleagues and our Customers. Just out of interest, which canteen and what aspects of it do you find expensive? I had a lovely cheese and onion quiche, chips and gravy yesterday in Preston and it was really good value...
4.0
Mar 11, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Really starting to become a much more progressive thinking business, the launch of the Diversity and Inclusion council is testament to this. Still putting the Customer at the heart of everything. The vision for the UK is clear, more recently updates on global success have been shared, it's always good to share learnings.

Cons

Some areas of the business can be slower to react, there may be reasons for this that have not been shared. This can lead to a less positive user experience. We are definitely a People focused business but sometimes it can feel like some are dragging their and this can impact the People when it shouldn't.

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HomeServe Response
7y
Thanks for the review. Having a clear vision and putting Customers and our People at the heart of everything we do is what we're all about and being agile in our approach and transparent in our communications will help us to keep going in the right direction. We're really pleased with the progress we've made in diversity and inclusion, not only in setting up the council, but also establishing our four employee networks and working closely with organisations such as Business in The Community, Business Disability Forum, Stonewall and Involve.
5.0
Mar 11, 2019

25 years and still changing

Recommend
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Pros

HomeServe is a fantastic British global success story on the brink of the FTSE 100 (number 114 as of this writing). The company was founded by Richard Harpin as a joint venture with South Staffs water and is now a global Home Assistance company with businesses across Europe and even Japan. The biggest part of the company and the growth engine is HomeServe USA. The company is also investing heavily in the future with purchases such as Checkatrade and Habitissimo. The UK business has transformed from a selling machine 10 years ago to a very Customer focused business as evidenced by their rating on TrustPilot. Exciting new Partners like Aviva, E.ON, Octopus Energy, and Co-op Energy have been signed in the past few years. HomeServe Labs and LeakBot are amazing on their own yet alone as part of a Plc. The company in the UK now has over 1,000 engineers and recently they were all given pay increases to compensate for their productivity incentives being removed. This is so they can always take the time to do the right thing.

Cons

The core systems were not invested in for many years which has required a 5 year catch up. These systems are going live soon but the projects have been exhausting. The company is in transition in the UK to a more mature business which is challenging for some to accept.

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HomeServe Response
7y
Thanks for the review. We're really proud of our history and growth and key change programmes such as Merlin and Unity which are currently being rolled out will have an enormous impact in delivering effortless customer service; supporting our People better by simplifying our processes.
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